Breached

//bɹiːt͡ʃt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of breach form-of, participle, past

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breakgaprupturerupturebreakrift

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"Lake Erie is known for seiches, especially when strong winds blow from southwest to northeast. In 1844, a 22-foot seiche breached a 14-foot-high sea wall killing 78 people and damming the ice to the extent that Niagara Falls temporarily stopped flowing."

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